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+title: "46 U.S.C. § 10901"
+description: "Application"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 46
+title_name: "SHIPPING"
+chapter_number: "109"
+chapter_name: "PROCEEDINGS ON UNSEAWORTHINESS"
+section: "10901"
+citation: "46 U.S.C. § 10901"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
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+---
+
+# 46 U.S.C. § 10901 - Application
+
+## Text
+
+This chapter applies to a vessel of the United States except a fishing or whaling vessel or a yacht.
+
+(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 575.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 1090146:65346:65446:65546:65646:658 Section 10901 provides that chapter 109 applies to all vessels of the United States except fishing vessels, whaling vessels or yachts.
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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "46 U.S.C. § 10902"
+description: "Complaints of unfitness"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 46
+title_name: "SHIPPING"
+chapter_number: "109"
+chapter_name: "PROCEEDINGS ON UNSEAWORTHINESS"
+section: "10902"
+citation: "46 U.S.C. § 10902"
+status: "current"
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+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s10902"
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+---
+
+# 46 U.S.C. § 10902 - Complaints of unfitness
+
+## Text
+
+(a) (1) If the chief and second mates or a majority of the crew of a vessel ready to begin a voyage discover, before the vessel leaves harbor, that the vessel is unfit as to crew, hull, equipment, tackle, machinery, apparel, furniture, provisions of food or water, or stores to proceed on the intended voyage and require the unfitness to be inquired into, the master immediately shall apply to the district court of the United States at the place at which the vessel is located, or, if no court is being held at the place at which the vessel is located, to a judge or justice of the peace, for the appointment of surveyors. At least 2 complaining seamen shall accompany the master to the judge or justice of the peace.
+
+(2) A master failing to comply with this subsection is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of $500.
+
+(b) (1) Any 3 seamen of a vessel may complain that the provisions of food or water for the crew are, at any time, of bad quality, unfit for use, or deficient in quantity. The complaint may be made to the Secretary, commanding officer of a United States naval vessel, consular officer, or chief official of the Customs Service.
+
+(2) The Secretary, officer, or official shall examine, or have examined, the provisions of food or water. If the provisions are found to be of bad quality, unfit for use, or deficient in quantity, the person making the findings shall certify to the master of the vessel which provisions are of bad quality, unfit for use, or deficient.
+
+(3) The Secretary, officer, or official to whom the complaint was made shall—
+
+(A) make an entry in the official logbook of the vessel on the results of the examination; and
+
+(B) submit a report on the examination to the district court of the United States at which the vessel is to arrive, with the report being admissible into evidence in any legal proceeding.
+
+(4) The master is liable to the Government for a civil penalty of not more than $100 each time the master, on receiving the certification referred to in paragraph (2) of this subsection—
+
+(A) does not provide other proper provisions of food or water, when available, in place of the provisions certified as of bad quality or unfit for use;
+
+(B) does not obtain sufficient provisions when the certification includes a finding of a deficiency in quantity; or
+
+(C) uses provisions certified to be of bad quality or unfit for use.
+
+(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 575; Pub. L. 103–206, title IV, § 422(b), Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2439.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 10902(a)46:653 10902(b)46:662 Section 10902 instructs the crew on making complaints of unfitness of vessel with regard to equipment and provisions, and instructs the master on responding to those complaints, and provides a penalty for violations.
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments1993—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 103–206, § 422(b)(1), inserted “Secretary,” after “The complaint may be made to the” and struck out “Coast Guard shipping commissioner,” after “consular officer,”. Subsec. (b)(2), (3). Pub. L. 103–206, § 422(b)(2), substituted “The Secretary, officer,” for “The officer, commissioner,”.
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Transfer of Functions For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the United States Customs Service of the Department of the Treasury, including functions of the Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 203(1), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. For establishment of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the Department of Homeland Security, treated as if included in Pub. L. 107–296 as of Nov. 25, 2002, see section 211 of Title 6, as amended generally by Pub. L. 114–125, and section 802(b) of Pub. L. 114–125, set out as a note under section 211 of Title 6.
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+title: "46 U.S.C. § 10903"
+description: "Proceedings on examination of vessel"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 46
+title_name: "SHIPPING"
+chapter_number: "109"
+chapter_name: "PROCEEDINGS ON UNSEAWORTHINESS"
+section: "10903"
+citation: "46 U.S.C. § 10903"
+status: "current"
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+---
+
+# 46 U.S.C. § 10903 - Proceedings on examination of vessel
+
+## Text
+
+(a) On application made under section 10902(a) of this title, the judge or justice of the peace shall appoint 3 experienced and skilled marine surveyors to examine the vessel for the defects or insufficiencies complained of. The surveyors have the authority to receive and consider evidence necessary to evaluate the complaint. When the complaint involves provisions of food or water, one of the surveyors shall be a medical officer of the Public Health Service, if available. The surveyors shall make a report in writing, signed by at least 2 of them, stating whether the vessel is fit to proceed to sea or, if not, in what respect it is unfit, making appropriate recommendations about additional seamen, provisions, or stores, or about physical repairs, alterations, or additions necessary to make the vessel fit.
+
+(b) On receiving the report, the judge or justice of the peace shall endorse on the report the judgment of the judge or justice on whether the vessel is fit to proceed on the voyage, and, if not, whether the vessel may proceed to another port at which the deficiencies can be corrected. The master and the crew shall comply with the judgment.
+
+(c) The master shall pay all costs of the survey, report, and judgment. However, if the complaint of the crew appears in the report and judgment to have been without foundation, or if the complaint involved provisions of food or water, without reasonable grounds, the master or owner may deduct the amount of the costs and reasonable damages for the detention of the vessel, as determined by the judge or justice of the peace, from the wages of the complaining seamen.
+
+(d) A master of a vessel violating this section who refuses to pay the costs and wages is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of $100 and is liable in damages to each person injured by the refusal.
+
+(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 575.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 10903(a), (b)46:654 10903(c)46:659 10903(d)46:660 Section 10903 provides for marine surveyors appointed by a judge or justice of the peace to inspect a vessel on which a complaint of unfitness was made, for a judge or justice of the peace to judge the fitness based on the findings, and for the payment of costs of the inspection by the master or the crew. It also includes a penalty for noncompliance.
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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "46 U.S.C. § 10904"
+description: "Refusal to proceed"
+jurisdiction: "us"
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+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 46
+title_name: "SHIPPING"
+chapter_number: "109"
+chapter_name: "PROCEEDINGS ON UNSEAWORTHINESS"
+section: "10904"
+citation: "46 U.S.C. § 10904"
+status: "current"
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+---
+
+# 46 U.S.C. § 10904 - Refusal to proceed
+
+## Text
+
+After a judgment under section 10903 of this title that a vessel is fit to proceed on the intended voyage, or after the order of a judgment to make up deficiencies is complied with, if a seaman does not proceed on the voyage, the unpaid wages of the seaman are forfeited.
+
+(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 576.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 1090446:655 Section 10904 provides that if a vessel is found fit to proceed by a judge or justice of the peace and a seaman refuses to proceed, the seaman shall forfeit any unpaid wages.
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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "46 U.S.C. § 10905"
+description: "Complaints in foreign ports"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 46
+title_name: "SHIPPING"
+chapter_number: "109"
+chapter_name: "PROCEEDINGS ON UNSEAWORTHINESS"
+section: "10905"
+citation: "46 U.S.C. § 10905"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
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+---
+
+# 46 U.S.C. § 10905 - Complaints in foreign ports
+
+## Text
+
+(a) When a complaint under section 10902(a) of this title is made in a foreign port, the procedures of this chapter shall be followed, with a consular officer performing the duties of the judge or justice of the peace.
+
+(b) On review of the marine surveyors’ report, the consular officer may approve and must certify any part of the report with which the officer agrees. If the consular officer dissents from any part of the report, the officer shall certify reasons for dissenting from that part.
+
+(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 576.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 1090546:65646:657 Section 10905 provides that if a complaint of unfitness is made in a foreign port, a consular officer shall perform the duties of a judge or justice of the peace.
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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "46 U.S.C. § 10906"
+description: "Discharge of crew for unsuitability"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 46
+title_name: "SHIPPING"
+chapter_number: "109"
+chapter_name: "PROCEEDINGS ON UNSEAWORTHINESS"
+section: "10906"
+citation: "46 U.S.C. § 10906"
+status: "current"
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+release_date: "2026-06-26"
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+---
+
+# 46 U.S.C. § 10906 - Discharge of crew for unsuitability
+
+## Text
+
+When a survey is made at a foreign port, the surveyors shall state in the report whether, in their opinion, the vessel had been sent to sea unsuitably provided in any important particular, by neglect or design or through mistake or accident. If by neglect or design, and the consular officer approves the finding, the officer shall discharge a seaman requesting discharge and shall require the master to pay one month’s wages to that seaman in addition to wages then due, or sufficient money for the return of the seaman to the nearest and most convenient port of the United States, whichever is the greater amount.
+
+(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 576.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 1090646:658 Section 10906 provides that if a consular officer finds that a vessel has been sent to sea in an unsuitable state, a crew member requesting discharge must be paid one month’s additional wages and passage to the United States.
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+title: "46 U.S.C. § 10907"
+description: "Permission to make complaint"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 46
+title_name: "SHIPPING"
+chapter_number: "109"
+chapter_name: "PROCEEDINGS ON UNSEAWORTHINESS"
+section: "10907"
+citation: "46 U.S.C. § 10907"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
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+---
+
+# 46 U.S.C. § 10907 - Permission to make complaint
+
+## Text
+
+(a) A master may not refuse to permit, deny the opportunity to, or hinder a seaman who wishes to make a complaint authorized by this chapter.
+
+(b) A master violating this section is liable to the United States Government for civil penalty of $500.
+
+(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 577.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 1090746:65346:664 Section 10907 prohibits a master from hindering a seaman from making a complaint authorized by this chapter and subjects the master to a fine for violation of this section.
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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "46 U.S.C. § 10908"
+description: "Penalty for sending unseaworthy vessel to sea"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 46
+title_name: "SHIPPING"
+chapter_number: "109"
+chapter_name: "PROCEEDINGS ON UNSEAWORTHINESS"
+section: "10908"
+citation: "46 U.S.C. § 10908"
+status: "current"
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+---
+
+# 46 U.S.C. § 10908 - Penalty for sending unseaworthy vessel to sea
+
+## Text
+
+A person that knowingly sends or attempts to send, or that is a party to sending or attempting to send, a vessel of the United States to sea, in an unseaworthy state that is likely to endanger the life of an individual, shall be fined not more than $1,000, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
+
+(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 577.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 1090846:658 Section 10908 provides a penalty for a person knowingly sending or attempting to send an unseaworthy vessel to sea.